Our Laboratory was established in 1943 as Project Y of the Manhattan Project for one purpose: To design and build an atomic bomb to help end World War II. Today’s work — of a much broader scope — is still based on the need to solve national security challenges.
To commemorate Los Alamos National Laboratory’s 80th anniversary, the Public Affairs Office and the Lab’s National Security Research Center produced a special online magazine called the Heritage Series.
It began as a call for employees to share anecdotes about relatives who contributed to the Lab’s legacy and resulted in a surprisingly rich collection of little-known histories.